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I had been vs I was been

The correct phrase is "I had been." The phrase "I was been" is incorrect in English. The correct form uses the past perfect tense to indicate an action that happened before another past action.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 1321 views

I had been

Correct. This phrase is commonly used in English to indicate an action that occurred before another past action.

This phrase is used to express an action that was completed before a specific point in the past. It is formed with the past perfect tense, which uses "had" followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Examples:

  • I had been waiting for hours before she finally arrived.
  • By the time I got there, the party had been over for hours.
  • He had been studying all night before the exam.
  • She had been working at the company for ten years before she got promoted.
  • They had been dating for a year before they got engaged.
  • I had been sent off to Manchuria 3 months before.
  • And now I could, because I had been in jail.
  • If I had been there, I would know for sure.
  • If only I had been more curious about the common mind.
  • I had been diagnosed with cancer.
  • Perhaps if I had been more vigilant...
  • If I had been president then, I would have known.
  • If I had been notified ahead of time I would've introduced myself...
  • The woman said I had been misinformed.
  • But I had been struggling for it for many years.
  • I had been terminally unemployed for some months.
  • I had been making up stories while he was away.
  • I had been researching an evil religion Call Duplex Ride.
  • I wish I had been that confident when I got married.
  • I wish I had been there to watch him burn.
  • I had been wounded and discharged out of the Army.
  • Well, I had been at Frédo's.
  • If I had been with a girl, this would have been an incredible experience.
  • Think that I had been on a diet.
  • I was asleep, at least I had been...

I was been

Incorrect. This phrase is not used in English. The correct form uses the past perfect tense with "had been."

  • You know, in 1986 I was been hit for to steal a beer pack in a store.
  • In my opinion also I was been able There but he must be a good reason.
  • Everything that I was has been stripped away from me.
  • I was certain I'd been abandoned.
  • I was happy I'd been the model for his painting.
  • Right now, I was thinking I've been going to a lot of these things lately.
  • I was... I've been worrying about this.
  • I was to have been another victim of their imaginary monsters.
  • She said I was a has-been.
  • I wasn't - I've been down this path before. I know this feeling.
  • The guy who picked me up when I was down has been murdered.
  • The most miserable I've been was as a child.
  • The guy who picked me up when I was down has been murdered.
  • What I should have been was proud.
  • So every minute I've been celebrating wasn't really mine to celebrate.
  • The safest I've ever been was when I was anonymous.
  • I was convinced Rebecca had been murdered.
  • It was money I'd been saving for Selena.
  • The best advice that I've been given was to never stop learning.
  • Everything I had, everything I possessed, everything that I was has been stripped away from me.

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